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HRW slams Chadian forces over rights violations during anti-government protests

The NGO Human Rights Watch has denounced murders, deaths in custody, enforced disappearances, and acts of torture linked to the clampdown against anti-governments demonstrations by the authorities in October.

Radio France Internationale

Saudi Crown Prince Receives Message from President of Chad

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received on Sunday a message from Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno. The message tackled the bilateral relations that bind their countries and peoples and ways to bolster joint cooperation. The message was received by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Khurram Pervez: Jailed Kashmir activist awarded top rights prize

Three campaigners from Kashmir, Chad, and Venezuela win the Martin Ennals Award with the jury hailing their ‘courage’.

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Report: Climate change fueling conflict in Lake Chad Basin

Droughts, flooding and a shrinking Lake Chad caused in part by climate change is fueling conflict and migration in the region and needs to be better addressed, a report said Thursday

The Independent UK

Chad's government says it foiled 'destabilization' attempt

Chad’s government says it has foiled an attempt to destabilize the country and undermine the constitution

The Independent UK

How an African pastry chef brought Chadian chic to Paris

Hissein Mahamoud Barkai won France’s Lebey Prize for best artisan in 2022. A member of the Toques françaises association of chefs, he's become an ambassador for Chadian gastronomy around the world, with hallmark creations like the "Paris-N'Djamena".

Radio France Internationale

A look back at the major African news stories of 2022

From the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to coups d'état in Burkina Faso and the French military withdrawal from Mali, FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the news highlights from Africa this year.

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Santa brings Christmas cheer to Chad refugee camp

A 37 year-old Central African Republic refugee, Henriette Batnan, could not afford buying a Christmas present for her son Edouard, who fled home with her in 2017.

Reuters

A Narrow Escape, a Massacre, an Invite to Washington

U.S. officials hatched a plan to smuggle Chad’s pro-democracy leader to safety—while Washington planned to fete his tormentor.

Foreign Policy

Bodies of 27 migrants found in Chadian desert

The bodies of 27 migrants believed to have died of thirst have been found in the Chadian desert, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Chad releases 139 detainees from protest crackdown in October

The move comes a week after more than 260 people were handed jail terms of between two to three years.

Al Jazeera

Chad jails 262 in mass trial after deadly anti-government protests

A Chadian court has handed jail terms of between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly protests in October, the public prosecutor said on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

Meet the Long Eaton asylum seeker who spends his spare time litter picking

Issa Mahamat fled his homeland, Chad, to save his life. Now, he volunteers to help the town where he lives - and he has been praised for his hard work

Nottingham Post

A new kind of climate refugee is emerging

They flee their homes not solely because of climatic changes that make it difficult to earn a living but also because of violence sparked by the competition for dwindling resources.

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Senegal supporters rejoice as team go through to World Cup knockouts in Qatar

Senegal are through to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar after a sensational 2-1 victory over Ecuador. Also, lawyers are striking in Chad over a mass trial of detained anti-government protesters following deadly demonstrations in late October. And the convicted murderer of anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani…

Radio France Internationale

Chad to try 400 people over deadly anti-government protests ahead of international inquiry

The trial of over 400 people who joined last month's anti-government protests is to open in a desert prison in Chad on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the military authorities are insisting that a Chadian oversee an international inquiry into the deaths of civilians on Thursday 20 October.

Al Jazeera

Chadian soldiers killed in attack by ‘shadowy’ Boko Haram

Presidency says at least 10 soldiers killed, but media reports suggest the number may be much higher.

Radio France Internationale

Dozens of Chadian soldiers killed in Boko Haram surprise attack

As many as 40 Chadian soldiers were killed when Boko Haram insurgents launched a surprise attack on their military unit in Lake Chad province, near the Nigerian border.

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Boko Haram fighters kill 10 Chadian soldiers near Nigeria border

Boko Haram militants killed at least 10 Chadian soldiers in an attack on a military unit in Lake Chad province near the Nigerian border on Tuesday, Chad's government said in a statement.

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Even remote corners of Africa are feeling the costly impacts of war in Ukraine

In Chad, one of the continent's poorest countries, rising food and fuel prices — and drought — have left many hungry and unable to afford the limited food that is for sale.

Reuters

Explainer-Why are West and Central Africa's floods so devastating this year?

Unusually intense seasonal rains have drenched swathes of West and Central Africa since June, unleashing deadly floods that have affected millions and submerged farmland in 19 countries.

The New Daily

French-Australian kidnap victim freed in Chad

A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship has been freed after being taken hostage in Chad.

ABC News

Kidnapped French-Australian environmentalist Jérôme Hugonot freed in Chad

Jérôme Hugonot, a conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship, has been freed after being taken hostage in Chad earlier this week.

Reuters

Kidnapped French-Australian environmentalist freed in Chad, president says

A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship has been freed after he was taken hostage in Chad earlier this week, interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby said on Sunday.

ABC News

French-Australian veterinarian kidnapped in Chad

Jérôme Hugonot, who has dual French and Australian citizenship, is an environmentalist who manages an oryx park on behalf of the Sahara Conservation Fund.

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